I'm not that kind of orc

I also looked at the route on the map, and did some mental calculations. If the orc troops traveled overnight, it should only take a little more than a day. The orcs have unique advantages in terms of physical strength and endurance. This marching progress is still more than enough for us. of.

Roland didn't make a statement all the time, she frowned slightly, twitched her chin with her hands, and looked thoughtful.

"Roland?" When I looked up, I noticed that she hadn't spoken, so I called her.

Only then did Roland come to his senses, and looked over apologetically: "Ah, I'm sorry, I was thinking about a question. The enemy specially developed a spell that can break the wall of the plane. Is it really just to feed demons?"

"I said when did your speaking style become so smudged?" Tolivia frowned at her. "You are the most powerful mage here. If you have any other opinions on this matter, just say it."

"If I think about the tactical value of this spell, the conclusion is the same. After mastering the method of opening the entrance and exit of reality and the 'Abyss', the most reasonable way is to summon demons on a large scale, and then enrich the power of these demons." Collect some individuals, raise powerful abyss lords, control them and separate them into different battlefields."

Her deduction is exactly the same as Feilan's. From the perspective of a professional mage, this is probably the most reasonable usage of that time rift.

"Then what are you struggling with?" Tolivia frowned.

"But this kind of inference is only limited to 'reasonable'." Roland said unhurriedly, "Imitate the skills of the demon king and develop this shocking spell. I only want one person who can do this. "

"Ah, Mudar Madman, who was exiled more than 300 years ago, should be guessed with a little brain." Tolivia's tone was a little impatient.

"The problem lies with him. From my experience with him, that person is a complete lunatic." Roland said seriously, "If we only speculate about a lunatic based on 'reasonable', there will inevitably be omissions."

I was a little taken aback when I heard Roland's words.

Indeed, whether it was raiding the holy place of the orcs to revive Azak, or expeditions to the Great Desert to snatch the blood of the dragon queen to activate the corpse of the demon king, it has always been difficult to deduce the behavior style of that crazy lich with completely reasonable logic.

"You mean he developed this spell for other purposes?" Tolivia understood it this time.

"Well, although there is no direct evidence, I'm pretty sure that he developed this spell for other purposes, maybe it's some crazy plan. Although I can't think of it for a while, I don't think we should act too much in the future. Too rash." Roland said calmly.

"Hmph, your cautiousness has started to attack again. Even if what you said is right, that guy has other purposes, and it can't be ruled out that they will use this spell to raise demons on a large scale, right? What else can we do, stand still Waiting for the enemy to replenish their combat power and eat us up? Let’s figure out the current situation. We don’t have time to wait and see. If the town three hundred miles away is about to raise an abyss lord, we are hesitating here now. Just sit and wait! And thanks to your bad idea of ​​mixing troops..." Tolivia said coldly, and suddenly glanced at me, "Recently there have been more and more small frictions within the army, I think It is necessary to arrange operations as soon as possible."

I know very well that what she is talking about is the recent friction between the orc army and the Saidian army. Just tonight, I have dealt with a fight between the cooks. I think this kind of thing should have happened more than once or twice in the past few days. rise.

To eliminate this friction, in fact, the best way is to fight side by side on the battlefield a few times.When fighting against a common enemy on the battlefield, the trivialities of racial differences are quickly omitted.In the previous defense battle in Wallis Valley, the warriors of our tribe could live in harmony with Saidian's troops, largely because of the common enemy's approaching the city.

Roland didn't reply, but slowly turned his gaze to Arsena.

The decision is still in Arsena's hands.

Arsena thought for a while and made a decision: "Let's set off at dawn. We tentatively plan to attack the city on the third day. We really don't have much time."

From her standpoint as the crown prince, she naturally hoped to resolve the crisis sweeping her country as soon as possible, and she was the one who originally proposed the proposal to speed up the march.

Roland was silent for a moment, and finally nodded: "Okay, let's leave at dawn."

Annihilation (1)

The next day, the large force set off from Shata City and marched towards the second enemy-occupied area to be recovered along the predetermined route.

And the queen and I once again took on the role of scouts, and flew to the airspace where White Lake City is located before other troops. The infantry had to travel overnight for two days, but the queen flew there in less than two hours.

Today's weather is cloudy, and the clouds and fog in the sky are very thick, which will block the sight, and we can't fly too high.But it's not all bad, the thick cloud cover helps us hide our figure.

We flew around White Lake City and looked down at the situation inside the city.

It is true that the defense facilities are complete, and the city wall is tall and large, probably because there is a lake nearby to divert water. The moat here is much wider than that of the molten iron fortress. The whole city is like an island surrounded by water.

The scale of the city is also very large, far from being comparable to Shata City.The troops that can be accommodated are roughly estimated to be three to five times that of Shata City.

"It seems a bit difficult..." I muttered to myself.

If the enemy invests a lot of resources and heavily guarded here, this city may be a difficult bone for us.

But correspondingly, the value of capturing it will be very high.Right now, all the enemy forces in Arsena's territory have been wiped out, and the mirror demon that penetrated into the Marquis of Glider's territory and pretended to be a lord has also been eliminated. The logistics of the enemy's main force attacking the king's capital can basically only rely on these few buildings. Occupy towns, and White Lake is the largest of the enemy-occupied towns.

"It's a bit difficult." The queen heard me talking to myself, and even echoed it aloud, "It feels like it will take more time than the last city."

"Wait for me, you don't want to kill it alone again, do you?" I suddenly felt that the female dragon's words were a bit wrong.

"Is there any problem with this?" The guy actually asked back.

"Of course there is a problem. My lord, how did you promise me before we set off?" I reminded her helplessly.

"Ummm... fly more steadily?" She glanced back at me.

"No! I told you that this is just reconnaissance. Don't kill yourself. You said 'hmm'." I sighed, "It's only been more than an hour since we set off."

"Is there? Well, well, let's just treat it like this." She replied in a casual tone.

"That's what happened! Will you please keep your promise?"

"Okay, okay, I know, I know, I really found a long-winded contractor."

Finally, her murderous intentions were suppressed, and it was really tiring to team up with Her Majesty, who did her own way.

Thanks to her being in a good mood today, she was able to listen to a sentence or two.

The queen flew around White Lake City, slowly closing the distance, and at the same time lowered the flying altitude slightly, allowing me to see the situation inside the city.

"It's less than expected." After looking around, I got an impression.

Contrary to what I expected, the enemy's troops in this well-defended city seem to be quite limited.Although the scale of the city completely crushed the Sandta City, the defensive strength in the city was only about twice that of the Sandta City, and more than half of the city was empty.

If the queen pounced on now, perhaps she could really capture the city as quickly as before.

No... It's better not to take risks. According to Arsena, White Lake City is different from Shata City in that it is not a city that was voluntarily evacuated.Because of the perfect defense facilities, the Helgia Kingdom Army once established this place as an important place to garrison heavy troops to resist the invasion of the enemy's main force. However, it fell under the enemy's fierce offensive.

If this is the case, there may still be some living captives or civilians in the city, and random attacks may cause unnecessary casualties.Wait for the large troops to arrive before attacking the city, and there will be a support to some extent.

By the way, we still have to see if the enemy is using space cracks to raise demons in this city.

Thinking of what I found in Shata City before, I began to scan every urban area carefully.

Finally, my eyes settled on the square in the center of the city.

From a high altitude, it seems that there is a huge demon with six claws lying there like an insect, covered by a translucent barrier, and many spellcasters wearing black robes surround the barrier, It seems to be maintaining the barrier to prevent the demon from escaping.

And on the ground inside the enchantment, a narrow and long space crack can be faintly seen.

From time to time, a few demons would emerge from the cracks in the space, and then the huge six-clawed demon would pounce on them like a hungry wolf being fed, grabbing them one by one with its claws and stuffing them into itself. mouth.

Sure enough, it is feeding demons.

This spatial rift looks quite narrow, probably only able to accommodate some medium-sized demons about the size of a human.That six-clawed demon should be the survivors left by the first batch of summoned demons killing each other. It evolved by devouring its own kind, and its physique also grew, but after it grew, it could no longer return through the space crack. To the abyss.

The spellcasters of the enemy should seal it with an enchantment, feed it with the demon crawling out of the crack, and wait for it to grow strong enough to control it with props or spells like the demon ring, and then put It goes into battle.

Looking at this demon, it should not have grown to the level of those abyss lords I have seen before, but it should be considered a little tricky.

The quick attack strategy is correct.The defense force in the city is not strong now, and the demons raised have not fully grown up.If we wait for this demon to grow into an abyss lord, the difficulty of our siege will probably increase by one or two grades.

I stared at the demon, and suddenly noticed something.

This guy, when no other demon came out of the space crack, always looked up to the sky—not towards us, but towards a fixed direction.

I looked in the direction it was looking up, and found that it was directly above the area in front of the main city gate.

There is nothing in that sky?What is it looking at?

"Brock, have you finished your investigation?" At this moment, the queen suddenly spoke, her tone was a little gloomy, "I... want to go back a little bit."

"Huh? What's the matter?" I was a little surprised by the change in the queen's attitude.

"I don't know how to describe it. It's just that I feel uncomfortable for no reason, as if my body is covered with mud." The queen flapped her wings and raised her height a little. "The sky in this area is so weird. .”

I concentrated my mind and felt the "spirit" in the atmosphere.

Indeed, there is an uncoordinated feeling to the flow of elements around it.

But I can't find the source.

After several unsuccessful attempts, I chose to give up: "Okay, let's go back first."

It seems that I can only pay attention to it a little bit.

Annihilation (2)

On the third day, our large force pushed out of White Lake City.

The wizard army of the elves also sent their demons to investigate the deployment of troops in the city, and the final result was no different from my previous scouting.

The deployment of troops in White Lake City is much less than we expected, and the raised demons have not fully grown up. Basically, the only thing that needs attention is the towering city wall and the moat.

But in front of us, these defenses are not a problem.

In the early morning, the roar of the giant dragon pierced the sky, and then, the fire bombs that fell from the sky exploded at the position of the main city gate, blasting open the city gate abruptly.The city gate, which had been crippled by bombing, was blasted into the city, the fir door panel turned into burning charcoal, and the bronze door nails were melted into red slurry by high temperature.

In the first minute of our siege, the most heavily defended gate of White Lake City was breached by us.

"How is it? Isn't my aim good?" The queen, who blasted the blow from the air, smiled triumphantly.

"Well, great." Sitting on her back, I nodded.

"Just a few words? I said, can a wood like you who doesn't know the slightest bit of rhetoric really please girls?" The queen joked with me, she was always in the mood to fight.

The enemy responded to the attack, too, with archers and black-robed mages running down the stairs to the top of the wall in procession, but their numbers were pitifully small for the scale of the wall.

Sporadic arrows and magic began to greet us, but they were not enough to weave into a firepower net, and the queen didn't even need to dodge deliberately.

At this time, the disadvantage of the enemy's arms matching appears. They capture the creatures of the wild beasts and the demon land, and use them as materials to manufacture synthetic beasts on a large scale to serve as the main force of the battle. These creatures can quickly multiply and form a large scale, and it is very easy to charge They are fierce, but only in terms of long-range attack methods, they cannot be compared with "people" who know how to use tools and spells.

This kind of troop composition is not bad in siege and battle, but in the defense of the city, it can't cause enough long-range suppression of the siege troops.

Helgia's airship approached the city wall on the other side, and the dwarf artillery mounted on the airship rang, hitting the top of the wall directly, blasting a gap in the wall stack on the city wall.Enemies guarding the walls were blown away along with the rubble and fell into the moat below.At the same time, the long-range troops arranged on the airship began to suppress the defensive forces on the city wall with magic and enchanted arrows in turn.

The long-range firepower line on the city wall was suppressed, and the siege troops behind quickly followed up, rushed to the moat and began to cross the river.The width of the moat was much longer than the climbing ladder, so the soldiers threw large bags of sacks into the moat to fill in a dam bridge leading to the city gate.

The shaman of the orc army stood not far away and jointly cast spells, using elemental spells to make stone pillars lifted from the bottom of the river bed, extending one by one towards the main city gate.The platform built by stone pillars is not enough for large-scale infantry troops to pass through, but it also greatly speeds up the progress of soldiers filling the river.

Our tactics are very simple. To sum it up, it is actually just two words "flat push".The queen was responsible for blasting the wall, and the airship suppressed the defensive forces on the wall, so that the ground troops composed of orcs and human soldiers could forcefully cross the moat under cover.The werewolf knights were on standby in the airship, and when the ground troops rushed into the city to create a safe landing point for the airship, they could directly enter the city with the airship and wipe out the remaining enemies.

As for me... Although I am responsible for coordinating with the Queen to guard her back, the enemy is powerless to fight back right now. I really don't have much to do other than cooperating with her and bragging about her when she is in high spirits.

We can crush the enemy in this way in terms of combat power. In the final analysis, it is because the queen acts with us. She is a strategic biological weapon that can influence the war.We have been able to win this war again and again, basically thanks to her.

Originally, her strength was enough to fight against the troops in this city, but now she has the support of a large army.Such a difference in combat power really does not require too fancy tactics, and a lion does not need to worry about how to eat an antelope.

After being pressed and beaten for several minutes, the enemy's counterattack was long overdue.

The moat suddenly surged with waves, and countless bloody mouths rushed out from under the water surface to attack the land troops who filled the river—the enemy even raised giant crocodiles and abyssal pythons in the moat, treating them as Dark soldiers guarding the moat.

The soldiers crossing the river were caught off guard at first, but soon recovered.The troops of the Bloodaxe Clan and the Shouya Clan are still below, and the orcs are all good at dealing with such giant beasts.

The soldiers threw nooses at the giant pythons that emerged from the water, and once they were caught, several people pulled them together, using orcs to forcibly drag the abyssal pythons up from the moat, and then rushed up to them with knives and axes. Chopped.This is not much different from when we were hunting them in the wetlands of the Wild of Giant Beasts. You must know that the ones who really stand at the top of the food chain in the Wild of Giant Beasts are not any kind of giant beasts living there, but us orcs.